World / Middle East

Inclement weather condition in Turkey's Van 28 Dec 2016 - 11:20 pm

Turkish soldier killed in clashes 28 Dec 2016 - 10:28 pm

Ankara: One Turkish soldier and two Kurdish militants died as a result of clashes overnight in the eastern province of Tunceli, security sources...

Sudan lawmakers vote to bring back PM's post 28 Dec 2016 - 10:28 pm

Khartoum: Sudanese lawmakers voted yesterday to bring back the post of prime minister, a position abolished after President Omar Hassan Al Bashir came...

Israel delays vote on settler home permits 28 Dec 2016 - 10:26 pm

Jerusalem: Israel delayed a vote yesterday on permits for settler homes at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request, ahead of a speech by US...

Kerry urges Israel, Palestinians to agree on 1967 lines with land swaps 28 Dec 2016 - 08:38 pm

Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted Wednesday that Israel and a future Palestine should live as two states based on the...

Israel's other army expanding illegal settlements 28 Dec 2016 - 06:39 pm

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank: Abuses of power committed by Israel's Civilian Security Coordinators (CSCs), civilian guards of the illegal settlements, continue to contribute...

Jordan sentences five to death for 'terror' 28 Dec 2016 - 03:27 pm

Amman: A court in Amman on Wednesday sentenced to death five Jordanian members of a dismantled cell linked to the Islamic State jihadist...

Dozens of Jewish settlers storm Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa 28 Dec 2016 - 02:46 pm

JERUSALEM: Dozens of Jewish settlers on Wednesday forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound where they tried to perform Talmudic...

Photos: Bright sunny day after snowfall in Turkey 28 Dec 2016 - 02:39 pm

Cold weather causes ice dams and icicles hang from gutter eaves of roofs. Weather affects the everyday lives of people where temperature dropped...

Lebanon’s parliament green-lights new cabinet lineup 28 Dec 2016 - 01:30 pm

ISTANBUL: Lebanon’s parliament on Wednesday approved a new cabinet lineup headed by Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, according to Lebanon’s official National News Agency....

273 Aleppans get treatment in Turkey 28 Dec 2016 - 12:59 pm

Turkey: The number of injured Aleppans treated in Turkey reached 273 after evacuation from the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo, the Turkish government...

Five dead, many injured as train slams into bus near Tunis 28 Dec 2016 - 12:30 pm

Tunis: At least five people were killed and more than 30 injured on Wednesday when a train slammed into a public bus near...

Turkey, Russia agree on nationwide Syria cease-fire bid 28 Dec 2016 - 11:28 am

ANKARA: Turkey and Russia have agreed on a plan for the warring parties in Syria to declare a nationwide cease-fire, a confidential Turkish...

Turkey, Russia agree on Syria ceasefire plan 28 Dec 2016 - 11:16 am

ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkey and Russia have reached an agreement on a plan for a cease-fire comprising the whole...

US urges PKK to leave Iraq’s Sinjar region 28 Dec 2016 - 11:09 am

WASHINGTON: The presence of the PKK in the Sinjar region of Iraq is a “major obstacle to reconciliation” and the return of displaced...

Iraq to link railway network with Iranian counterpart 28 Dec 2016 - 11:04 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq plans to link its railway network to that of neighboring Iran, the state-run Iraqi Republic Railways (IRR) company announced Tuesday, noting...

Hamas declines to take part in planned PNC meeting 28 Dec 2016 - 11:01 am

GAZA CITY, Palestine: Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has no plan to take part in a preparatory meeting to be held in advance of...

Three months needed to rid country from Islamic State: Iraqi PM 28 Dec 2016 - 10:56 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Tuesday that they needed three months to completely eliminate Islamic State from Iraq. “Iraqi forces...